PKP cargo: lower tariffs in bid to win more customers

State owned railway carrier PKP Cargo, has introduced new rates for transpor ting coal which are designed to help attract both old and new customers for its services. The cargo operator has decided to change its strategy so it ca n maintain, or increase the capacity of transport services it provided last year. According to initial calculations the new tariffs could increase PKP C argo net profits by up to zl. 31 million by the end of the year. "During the first three months of 2002 we have already attracted more cargo customers. W e'd like to continue this tendency," said PKP Cargo president Jozef Marek Ko walczyk. The new tariff marks a change in railway transport pricing, as furt her changes in the prices of transporting chemical products, industrial prod ucts and construction materials are anticipated. "We want to stop the decrea se in railway transport," said Kowalczyk. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) M.T.K.